Escape the big city and plot a route to explore these historical gems, small towns replete with local charm and noteworthy history.

Travel + Leisure released a list of the 20 most beautiful small towns in the United States – including one Oregon spot with “stunning” lake and snowcapped mountain views.

Architectural Digest’s list, published June 4, ranks 55 of the “most visually stunning locales,” from coast to coast. “The best small towns in America are often among the most beautiful, too.

But there's so much variety that when WorldAtlas made their list of the best small town to visit in each of America's 50 states, they went with an entirely different coastal community.

In 1925, J.C. Penney bought 120,000 acres in Clay County, Fla. He envisioned an experimental farming project and a final home ...

The United States is full of quaint and quiet towns that provide a slower paceof life. They’re more immersed in nature, and ...

Small towns aren’t always culturally varied, but what may surprise you is the diversity in different forms, from animal and plant life to beautiful and distinctive architecture to the ...

Across New England small towns full of local charm abound, but HGTV has singled out six small towns in particular as a part of its “most charming” U.S. small towns roundup.

Other small towns draw attention for their architecture—the whitewashed walls of St. George’s in Bermuda, for example, are exceptionally photogenic.